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The murder of Maria Marten : being an authentic and faithful history, with a full development of the most extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red Barn : to which is added the trial of William Corder, with anecdotes of his life, an account of his execution and dissection, and some interesting phrenological observations : besides numerous letters pertaining to his advertisement for a wife, his crime and his last days : embellished with interesting engravings

Title
The murder of Maria Marten : being an authentic and faithful history, with a full development of the most extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red Barn : to which is added the trial of William Corder, with anecdotes of his life, an account of his execution and dissection, and some interesting phrenological observations : besides numerous letters pertaining to his advertisement for a wife, his crime and his last days : embellished with interesting engravings / compiled by J. Curtis, 1828 ; the whole edited & arranged with an epilogue, by Jeanne & Norman MacKenzie.
Author
Curtis, J. (James), active 1828-1835.
Publication
New York : Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1948.

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Additional Authors
  • Corder, William, 1803-1828.
  • MacKenzie, Jeanne.
  • MacKenzie, Norman Ian.
  • Great Britain. Assizes (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
Description
256 p., [5] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Corder, William, 1803-1828 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Corder, William, 1803-1828 > Correspondence
  • Marten, Maria, 1801-1827
  • Murder > England > Polstead
  • Trials (Murder) > England > Bury St. Edmunds
Note
  • An abridgement and rearrangement of: An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten; originally published in 24 parts (London : T. Kelly, 1828).
  • William Corder was tried at the assizes held at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, August 1828.
  • Illustrations: 6 photomechanical prints : reproduction of drawings ; full-page or smaller. Based on the stipple engravings and etchings in the original ed. by W. Panormo and/or A.A. Park.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Curtis, J. Authentic) AL 99-234
LCCN
48006183
OCLC
  • 1442804
  • NYPG99-B2905
Author
Curtis, J. (James), active 1828-1835.
Title
The murder of Maria Marten : being an authentic and faithful history, with a full development of the most extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red Barn : to which is added the trial of William Corder, with anecdotes of his life, an account of his execution and dissection, and some interesting phrenological observations : besides numerous letters pertaining to his advertisement for a wife, his crime and his last days : embellished with interesting engravings / compiled by J. Curtis, 1828 ; the whole edited & arranged with an epilogue, by Jeanne & Norman MacKenzie.
Imprint
New York : Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1948.
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Corder, William, 1803-1828. Defendant
MacKenzie, Jeanne.
MacKenzie, Norman Ian.
Great Britain. Assizes (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Curtis, J. Authentic) AL 99-234
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